Ralph Bunche, Jr.

Dr. Ralph Bunche, Jr. "is perhaps most well-known for his work in International Human Rights. His passion for equality, justice and human dignity sustained a long career with the United Nations, a career which included a pivotal role in the negotiations of the Palestine Peace Accord: four armistice agreements that ended the first Arab-Israeli war in 1949. Following this success, in 1950 he became the first person of color to be awarded the Noble Peace Prize.

"Beyond his work in the international arena, Ralphe Bunche Jr. reminded us of his father’s equally active, if unfortunately relatively unrecognized, role in the American civil rights movements. Beginning with student activism during his undergraduate years, and including marches alongside the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is in this arena that we most clearly see Dr. Bunche the activist. Dr. Bunche never stopped working towards his dream of an integrated society in which equality for all would be a reality.

"Mr. Ralph Bunche Jr. (F’71) is a financial and development consultant for countries in Africa. He worked for many years as an Investment Banker beginning with a position at (then) Citibank in its Africa division. He now lives in London and was invited back to Fletcher by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations and the Ralph Bunche Society a student organization which seeks to raise the awareness of contributions by minorities and people of color in the field of international relations.“


 * Trustee, Fund for Peace
 * Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation

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